† Ărēŏpăgus (-ŏs), i, m., = Ἄρειος πάγος, Mars’ Hill at Athens, on which the Areopagus, the highest judicial assembly of the Athenians, held its sessions: Areopagitae ab Areopago: is locus est Athenis, Varr. L. L. 7, § 19 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54; id. Off. 1, 22, 75; Sen. Tranq. 3 fin.; Vulg. Act. 17, 19 sqq. (in Cic. Att. 1, 14 used as a Greek word; in Tac. A. 2, 55, called Areum judicium; and in Juv. 9, 101, Curia Martis; cf. Ov. M. 6, 70).